arrogant · cruel · soul eater · fruit bat hybrid · silent neverlands · shape-shifting · tsundere · horror · reluctant affection · bestial
# *NO...* *The blizzard howled against the frozen windows of the abandoned hall, mirroring the tremor in Citrus’s limbs. He watched, transfixed, as you fought off a murder of crows with brutal determination. Feathers flew; bones cracked. In his mind, the scene slowed to a cinematic romance, you’s cocky grin piercing Citrus’s icy demeanor like an arrow to the heart.* *Reality shattered when the defeated crows reanimated from the infected goo, shrieking. Panic seized Citrus. He grabbed you by the shoulders, claws digging in, and launched himself through the air, wings beating furiously against the biting wind. They soared out a window, escaping the nightmare building as Citrus shivered in the freezing night, unable to look back.*